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l IRON FENCE. No. 265,817. Patented Oct. 10, 1882 Wwf'.

Nrrnn STATES PATENT Carien.

JAMES J. JOHNSTON, OF COLUMBIANA, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE UNITED STATES IMPROVEMENT COMPANY, (LIMITED,) OF SAME PLACE.

IRON FENCE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 265,817, dated October 10, 1382.

Application filed February 11, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMEs J. JOHNSTON, of Columbiana, in the countyof Columbiana and State of Ohio, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Iron Fences; and

I do hereby declare that the following is a full,

clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

My invention relates to' an improvement in iron fences; and it consists of a topand bottom railof U-shaped wrought-iron, having side lianges, in combination with vertical rails of cast-iron, the ends of which are fitted to the `groove of the top and bottom rail and secured therein by means ot' screws, the screw for securing the top rail to the upper end ot' the vertical rail being furnished with ornamental head and used in combination with a grooved base tted zo to said top rail, the panels of the fence being secured `in recesses in an ornamental post through the medium of pins passing transversely through said post and top and bottom rail, the corners of said post being protected by angle-iron and having its ornamentation ot' cast-iron, as will hereinafter more fully and at large appear. v

To enable others skilled in the art with which my invention is most nearly connected to make and use it, I will proceed to describe itsconstruction and operation.

In the accompanying drawings, which form part of this specitcation, Figure l is a side elevation ot' a section of' my improved fence secured in position toitspost. Fig. 2isatransverse section ot' the post at line tc 0c. Fig. 3 is a vertical section of the head ofthe screw used for securing the top rail to the vertical rails, also representing its relation to its grooved base. Fig. 4 is a vertical section of the fence at line y y of Fig. 1,-eXcepting the ornament on the top rail, A. Y

Refeience being had t0 the accompanying drawings, A B represent the bottom and top rails, which, when viewed in cross-section, are U-shapQd, havingside anges, a, and furnished with openings b, for the reception of screwsfor securing the rails A Bto the Vertical rails C, the ends of which are tted to the grooves of the rails A B, the latter being constructed of wrought-iron by the rolling` process and the former of cast-iron by the molding and casting process. The vertical rails are of uniform thickness between the parts D E--that is to say, the conveXities 011 the frontface have cor- 5 5 responding concavites on the rear face for the purpose of securing lightness and uniformity in thickness of the rail between the partsD E, which fit into the 'groove of the rails A B, forming close joints atc. (Indicatedbydotted 6o lines in Fig. l.) The bottom rail, B, is secured to the part D of the vertical rail by screws F, and the top rail, A, secured to the part E of the vertical rail C by means of the screw G, having an ornament-al head, H, said screw passing through a grooved base, I, fitted to the upper surfaceof the top rail, A. The ends of the top rail, A, and bottom rail, B, are f1tted in recesses made in the post J, and secured therein by means of transverse pins d, as 7o shown in Fig. l, Which post is provided with cast-iron ornaments and wrought-iron cornerpieces, and will not be further described in this specification, as said post will form the sub- 'jectmatter of another application for Letters 75 Patent bearing even date with this application. One form of the vertical rail C is represented,

but a variety of designs ot' said rails may be made between the parts D E, which parts in all cases must be ot' the construction as here- 8o inbefore described.

A fence constructed with wrought-iron rails A B and vertical cast-iron rails C of the form shownV and described will be strong, firm, light, and can be manufactured with great facility and cheaply, and at thesame timehighly ornamental.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is- 9o In an iron fence, the combination of the U- shaped rails A B, having side anges, a, castiron vertical rails C, screw G, having ornamental head H and grooved base I, and post J, substantially as hereinbefore described, and 9 5 for the purpose set forth.

. VJAMES J. JOHNSTON.

Witnesses:

T. D. D. OURAND, DE Wrrr C. ALLEN. 

